In 1863, John C. Phelps, a director of the DL & W, leased a portion of the Avondale property from William Reynolds and Henderson Gaylord, Plymouth natives.

Gaylord, whose mine was at the base of Welsh Hill, improved on this method and built a gravity railroad that ran along what is now Walnut Street, down what is now Gaylord Avenue, to his wharf on the river.

By 1872, the mine was operated by the Wilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co. which had recently gained control of nearly all of Plymouth Borough's coal lands east of Academy Street, including the Lance and the Gaylord collieries.

In January 1915, the Kingston Coal Co., which operated the adjacent Gaylord Colliery, announced it would buy the Dodson mine.

On February 13, 1894, the Scranton Republican reported a large cave-in at the Gaylord mine: " We are called upon to detail the awful scenes of another miner horror.

In May 1935, the Glen Alden Coal Co. bought the Gaylord mine from the Kingston Coal Co. for $ 100, 000.

By this time, the mine was largely depleted, but in December 1940, the Sunday Independent reported that " the old Gaylord mine, now being operated by Samuel Bird, brother of Morgan Bird, is showing signs of being able to absorb additional number of men in the future ... Lance prepares the coal.

Fuller's mine was located just above the Gaylord colliery along what is now Washington Avenue.

The species Stygimys jepseni was named by George Gaylord Simpson in 1935 and Sloan and Van Valen in 1965.

Unable to stop the Bandit and Cledus, Justice enlists the help of his two brothers, Reginald Van Justice from Canada, and Gaylord Justice, from another part of Texas ( both played by Gleason ).

* Born: Mitch Gaylord, first American gymnast to score a 10. 00 in Olympic competition ( 1984 ); in Van Nuys, California ; Greg Kolodziejzyk, Canadian cyclist, in Fort St. John, British Columbia

According to Smokey and the Bandit II, he has two brothers, Gaylord Justice and Reginald Van Justice, both also played by Jackie Gleason.

The Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, the Opry Mills regional shopping mall and the General Jackson showboat, are all located in what is known as Music Valley.

* Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center

* The Gaylord Area Convention & Tourism Bureau

In August 1879, The Engineering and Mining Journal wrote, " the Gaylord Coal Co. is building a new breaker in place of the one burned down last summer, and which is to prepare the coal from the old slope workings, with its tunnel to the seven foot seam, as well as the coal from its new shaft which was sunk by the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., when it had it, to the Bennett seam.

The species Stygimys teilhardi was named by W. Granger & George Gaylord Simpson in 1929 and R. E.

In 2006 sculptor Frank Gaylord enlisted Fish & Richardson to make a pro bono claim that the Postal Service had violated his Intellectual property rights to the sculpture and thus should have been compensated.

The Gaylords were an American singing trio, consisting of Ronald L. Fredianelli ( who changed his name for performances to Ronnie Gaylord, taken from the group name ), Bonaldo Bonaldi ( who also, in 1976, changed his name to Burt Holiday, at which time the group became Gaylord and Holiday ), and Don Rea ( who had left the group by the time it became Gaylord & Holiday ).

In 2006, a major promotion involved 20 Travelocity gnomes carefully hidden throughout the atrium of Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Fla. During the resort's Best of Florida Christmas promotion, guests were encouraged to find the gnomes to win an Alaskan cruise.

The annual NRB Convention & Exposition is held typically at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, TN.

The annual NRB Convention & Exposition is a four-day event held annually at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, TN.

Following the theme park's demolition, the station moved into a renovated guestroom at Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.

WSM currently operates out of the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, and visitors to the hotel may look into the studio 24 hours a day, provided the curtains are open, which they usually are.

Evans made an appearance judging on HGTV Design Star in which she chose which of two redesigned rooms at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center was most like her own style.

In 1977, Opryland Hotel ( now called Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center ), a large resort-style hotel, was built next door to the park, and has expanded several times to become the largest non-casino hotel in the world.

* Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center-formerly known as " Opryland Hotel ", located in Nashville, Tennessee

* The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy-Professor Gaylord ( The Dinobonoids ), Jurasic Creeps # 2 and 4, and Brandon ( as a guest voice )

The Gaylord family of Oklahoma City helped found the world-famous National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and has given the University of Oklahoma contributions totalling over $ 50 million in the last three decades, and founded the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The Gaylord was opened about 1854 by Henderson Gaylord, who built a private railroad from the colliery across what was then the Nesbit family farm to a wharf on the river near the corner of Gaylord Avenue and Main Street.

The first was in 1998 as the Nashville Arena, and then in 1999 and 2000 as the Gaylord Entertainment Center.

" Stiller's character Gaylord " Greg " Focker is a nurse who loves his girlfriend and tries desperately to impress her parents by any means which includes telling harmless little lies which are then covered up with bigger lies and elaborate cover-up schemes.

The " Opryland USA " name was then designated as the destination's name, to encompass all of Gaylord Entertainment's Nashville properties.

Because New World's KDFW ( Channel 4 ) in that market shifted from CBS to Fox, Gaylord took the CBS affiliation for KTVT, then used that leverage to gain CBS affiliation for their Seattle – Tacoma station, KSTW ( Channel 11 ).

Though WVTV was relatively unaffected by all of these shuffles and didn't take the CBS affiliation for Milwaukee ( which eventually went to then-small WDJT ( channel 58 )), Warner Bros. decided to not honor affiliation deals for Gaylord stations, keeping WVTV an independent and forcing Milwaukee viewers to watch The WB on cable via Superstation WGN, which was then carrying the network nationally on cable.

One example was the paper's editorial support for the city to use public funds to promote the building of a new Bass Pro Shop in Oklahoma City, while Gaylord Entertainment was then a 19. 9 % shareholder of Bass Pro stock.

" Channel 20 became the third independent station in Houston, after KRIV ( then owned by Metromedia ), and Gaylord Broadcasting's KHTV ( channel 39, later KHWB and KHCW and now KIAH ).

It was renamed Springhouse Links in 2001, and then Gaylord Springs in 2006.

By 1975, Kaiser Broadcasting & its then partner Field Communications, sold off WKBF's assets to WUAB's owner United Artists Broadcasting, and purchased a minority ownership in the station ( which was relinquished when WUAB was sold to Gaylord Broadcasting and when Kaiser fully merged with Field Communications ; both of which occurred in 1977 ).

Other prolific scripters were Gaylord DuBois, Paul S. Newman, Don " Arr " Christensen, John Stanley, Bob Gregory, Robert Schaefer and Eric Freiwald, Lloyd Turner, Leo Dorfman, Don Segall, Edward Kean, Cecil Beard and Carl Fallberg.

Other notable musicians include Louis Bashell, Frankie Mullec, Georgie Cook, Pete Sokach, Bob Timko, Eddie Platt, Lou Sadar, Paul Yanchar, Mirk Yama, Jim Medves, Adolph Srnick, Johnny Kafer, Tony Vadnal, Richie Vadnal, Frankie Vadnal, Joe Stradiot, Bill Srnick, Frank Mahnic, Joe Luzar, Lou Luzar, Ray Champa, Eddie Bucar, Al Tercek, Walter Ostanek, Dick Flaisman, Frankie Kramer, Louie Bajc, Joe Sodja ( banjoist ), Dick Sodja, Al Markic, Eddie Kenik, Chester Budny, Jake Zagger, Frankie Spetich, Johnny Spetich, Dwight Gobely, George Staiduhar, Art Perko, Jeff Pecon, Johnny Pecon Jr., Ralph Delligatti, Joey Miskulin, Willie Strah, Dave Wolnik, Eddie Rodick, Don Wojtila, Dan Wojtila, Dave Skrajner, Al Bambic, Jerry Suhar, Bob Kravos, Norm Kobal, John Gerl, Denny Bucar, Frank Okicki, Ron Sluga, Jack Ponikvar, Marty Sintic, Mark Habat, Wayne Habat, Stan Blout, Joe Fedorchak, Bob Bacha, Gaylord Klancnik, Ed Klancnik, Kim Rodick, Terry Skovenski, Phil Srnick, Eddie Rodick III, Frank Yasnowski, Logan Watson, Frankie Spetich Jr., Fred Kuhar, Pete Kuhar, Dave Wretschko, Mikey Dee, Jerry Zagar, Bruce Burger, Johnny Borish, Fred Ziwich, Bob Zolka, Joey Tomsick, Kathy Hlad, Eric Noltkamper, Hank Guzel, Jr., Joe Grkman, Dick Tady, Jack Tady, Brian O ' Boyle, Sam Pugliano, Fred Gregorich, Mary Udovich, Josephine Lausche, Anna Vadnal, Frenchy ( Frank ) Sintic-Sunshine Boys, Jerry " Jazz " Jasinski, Larry Sintic and many others.

The original cast included Justin Vickers as Mario, Larry Small, Jessica Grigg, Wendy Brown, Beata Safari, Sankofa Sarah Wade, Jim Gaylord, Eric Jordan, Isai Jess Muñoz, Leandra Ramm, Richard Cassell, and Nathan Resika.